Month: March 2016

Following SCOTUS’ decision not to hear a case making it easier to get rid of student debt, and The White House’s push to ease student loan ‘burdens’, WSJ reports a federal judge ruled law-school graduates who file...VIEW MORE

More young workers are getting help paying off their student loans from an unlikely source: their employers. By making student-loan payments part of a benefits package, a handful of companies are betting the perk will be a...VIEW MORE

Forget foosball tables or free snacks. The latest employee benefit for recruiting and retaining young employees is more practical. On Tuesday, Fidelity announced that it had begun offering a perk that would help employees repay their student...VIEW MORE

Getting your boss to pay off your student loan debt probably sounds like a dream, but if Congress has its way, that dream could become a reality. According to Bloomberg, two bills making their way through Congress...VIEW MORE

If you have student loans, you’ve probably heard the numbers: There is $1.3 trillion in outstanding student debt in the U.S. More than 40 million Americans have at least one student loan. Seventy percent of bachelor degree...VIEW MORE

Supporters of ready access to loans say lenders shouldn’t get to pick who gets an education. Critics say we end up hurting the students we are trying to help. For parents and students coping with runaway college...VIEW MORE

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June 15, 2017

For most borrowers, federal student loans don’t go away until you pay them off. But in rare cases, the government will discharge the remaining balance of your student loans. In fact, there are seven options for student...VIEW MORE

June 14, 2017

Americans now hold more student loan debt than ever before, and many workers must pay off loans before they can start thinking about their financial future. Last week, Memphis announced the launch of a Student Loan Reduction...VIEW MORE

June 08, 2017

The Education Department said Tuesday that the hundreds of thousands of doctors, lawyers, teachers and social workers on track for a form of student loan forgiveness will not be affected by President Trump’s proposal to get rid...VIEW MORE

June 07, 2017

Curry Oglesby knows the challenges firsthand of trying to pay down her debt and also plan for her future. “It’s not like I have savings right now,” she said. The 30-year-old graduated from Howard University in 2009...VIEW MORE